Door stop and sign combined



July 31, 1956 w. o. MEASE 2,756,522

DOOR STOP AND SIGN COMBINED Filed June 8, 1953 William 0. Mease /4 INVENTOR.

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United States Patent DOOR STOP AND SIGN COMBINED William 0. Mease, East st. Louis, 111. Application June 8, 1953, Serial No. 360,286 2 Claims. (Cl. 40-125) The present invention relates certain new and usefui improvements in a dual purpose portable device which is expressly and therefor aptly constructed to serve as a door stop and, in addition, as a novel and practical advertising sign.

More specifically, the invention is characterized by a wedge-shaped base the tapered end'of which is adapted to be wedged and thus chocked between a floor and the bottom of a door and/or equivalent surface, there being a standard or uprightv attached to and rising vertically from an end portion of the base, an advertising sign, and a novel means for securing the sign to the upper end of the standard. 1

An object of the invention is to structurally, functionally and otherwise improve upon similarly constructed and performing signs and, in doing so, to provide a construction in which manufacturers and users will find their respective requirements and needs satisfactorily met.

More specifically stated, the invention takes the form of an advertising sign comprising a horizontal base having a fiat bottom adapted to rest firmly on a floor or like support surface, one end portion of said block being inclined and providing a wedge-shaped door chock, a vertical standard attached at its lower end to said block and rising vertically therefrom, a ferrule secured to the upper end of said standard, and a sign resting atop the upper end of said standard and removably fastened to said ferrule.

Then, too, novelty is predicated on the aforementioned construction wherein said ferrule has an attaching flange in a plane above the upper end of said standard, a sign backing and anchoring plate at right angles to said block, the intermediate portion of said plate resting atop said standard and being secured to said flange, and a sign superimposed against said plate and removably secured to said plate.

What is more, the base, in the form of a wedged-shaped block, has a socket at one end into which the standard is removably fitted, the stated anchoring plate having holes therem through the medium of which the sign, usually changeable, may be removably riveted, welded or otherwise fastened in place, said plate being provided at its end with vertically disposed projections which assist in engaging and holding adjacent edge portion of the sign in place.

Other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combination sign and door holding stop constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention and showing the manner in which the same is used in conjunction with the door:

Figure 2 is an elevational view with a portion broken away;

Figure 3 is a side view of the structure seen in Figure 2, that is, a view at right angles to Figure 2;

. Figure 4 is a similar view in elevation with the standard foreshortened and observing the structure of Figure 3 in a direction from right to left; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view, fragmentarily shown, of the sign anchoing plate.

By way of introduction to the detailed description it will be seen that the purpose of the base or wedge is'to hold the door open in any set position and to do this in such a way that the sign may be permanently displayed, the construction being such that the device may be placed in position Without stooping and functioning, of course, to call attention to the sign as persons enter and leave the business establishment in which it is located.

In the drawings in Figure'l the letter A designates a door frame defining a doorway to a business establishment and provided with a horizontally swinging hingedly mounted door B. The floor is denoted at C. The lower edge of the door is denoted at D.

The base of the device is denoted, as a unit, by the numeral 6. This may be described as an elongated block and may be made of wood, rubber or commercial plastics. It has a flat bottom 8 to rest firmly on the floor or other surface and a rectangular end portion 10 provided with a vertical socket 12. There is also a notch provided at the juncture of the rear end 14 and the bottom surface, said notch being denoted by the numeral 16 and serving to accommodate a rubber or equivalent insert 18 which is glued or otherwise fastened in place and which is compressibly resilient and serves as a friction retainer. The inclined plane or surface is denoted at 20 and this obviously defines the wedge-shaped chock and is adapted to fit between the floor C and the lower edge D of the door in the manner shown in Figure 1. The upright, which may be described either as a post or a standard, is denoted by the numberal 22 and it is of suitable height and of wood or commercial plastics or other suitable material and it is preferably cylindrical and has its lower end fitted into the socket 12 and held in place by a setscrew or the like 24. There is a ferrule 26 provided and this is preferably in the form of a cylindrical split collar and it is fitted over and encircles the upper end portion of the upright, has its upper end flush with the upper end of the upright and is secured in place by a screw or equivalent fastening 28. As best shown in Figure 4, the ferrule is provided on one side with a horizontal attaching flange 30 with tangentially extending end portions superimposed against and screwed or otherwise secured at 32 to the intermediate portion of the sign-backing and anchoring plate 34. The latter is horizontally elongated and the intermediate lower edge portion is not only secured to the flange 30 but rests in part atop the standard. This plate is provided with a plurality of holes 36-36 to accommodate nails or other fastenings (not detailed) for attaching the rectangular sign 38 thereto. The sign also rests in part upon the standard. The opposite vertical end portions of the plate are provided with outstanding projections which serve as retainers 4040. These are preferably cylindrical in cross-section and the adjacent transverse bevelled edges 42 of the sign are engaged therewith to assist in holding the sign in place, especially during the step of attaching the signto the backing and anchoring plate 34. When the plate 34 is made of sheet metal the retainers 40 are formed by simply bending and rolling the ends into tubular resilient sign gripping clips.

The chief function or purpose of the over-all device is to provide a highly simple, practical and economical advertising sign for store and equivalent use. The chocklike base is, however, a highly important and contributing part of the over-all structure.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of Patented July- 31,1956

the device will be readily understood and further explanaon is believed to. be unnecessary However, since. 1.11.

merous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be. resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is. as follows:

1. A portable. sign comprising, in combination, a horizontal base comprising a flat bottomed elongate block adapted to rest firmly on a floor or like support surface, one end portion of said block being inclined and providing a wedgershaped terminal, a vertical standard attached at its lower end to said block and rising vertically therefrom, a cylindrical terrule encircling and secured to the upper end of said standard, said ferrule having its upper end flush with the upper end of said standard, an eccentrically disposed fiat attach ng'flange joined to the extreme upper end of, said ferrule in a plane wholly above the upper end of: said standard, the end portions of said flange extending tangentially beyond the adjacent body portions of said ferrule, a flat sign backing and anchoring plate at right angles to said block, thev intermediate portion of the lower edge of said. plate resting atop said standard and being secured to said flange, and a sign superimposed against said plate and removably secured to said plate and. also resting atop said standard.-

2. A, portable supporting sign comprising, in combination, a horizontal base having a fiat bottom adapted to rest firmly on a floor or similar support, a standard attached at its lower end and rising vertically from said base, said standard being cylindrical in cross section, a

cylindrical ferrule encircling and secured to the upper end of said standard, the upper end of said ferrule being flush with the upper end of said standard, a flat attaching flange formed integral with one side of said ferrule, said flange having end portions extending tangentially beyond the adjacent curvate portion of said ferrule, a flat sign backing and attaching plate, said plate being generally rectangular and of a length appreciably greater than the length of said flange, the intermediate portion of the lower edge portion of said plate resting directly upon the upper end of said standard and being secured to said flange with the end por ions. ofthe plate. extending well beyond the corresponding end portions of the. flange, the terminal end portions of said plate having tubular bends providing resilient sign gripping clips, and a sign superimposed against and detachably secured to said plate and having its end portions releasably engageable with said clips, the intermediate lower edge portion of said sign resting atop said ferrule and the upper end of said standard.

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